Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 1
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
The European Commission has allocated six million euros for the implementation of projects as part of the “Harmonizing Digital Markets of EU and Eastern Partnership Countries – HDM Initiative” in 2018-2020, Tofig Babayev, director of the Regional Information Technologies Academy (RITA), told Trend.
Babayev said that Azerbaijan has prepared a number of project proposals in line with the requirements of the HDM Initiative, which will be submitted to the European Commission for financing. Projects have been prepared in such areas of the HDM Initiative as e-customs, e-commerce, e-business, e-security, e-health and e-trade.
“The European Commission will announce specific conditions, after which the acceptance of applications will begin,” he noted.
The HDM Initiative is aimed at addressing important issues on formation of legal basis, improving customs procedures and implementation of software for trading. It envisages the creation of a single digital zone, which provides entrepreneurs with a single field in order to conduct trade operations and mutual settlements.